A pilot reported the bng rotating beacon white light is inoperative without a pertinent NOTAM.

Attributes
ACN	1042145
Time
Date	201210
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	BNG.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 4500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Narrative:

The white portion of the banning; ca airport beacon is out of service. I first placed a call to the city manager's number as listed on a website 3-4 months ago. I never received a call back. I subsequently made a call to flight data through the 1-800 WX-brief to have a NOTAM issued and at least have someone within the FAA to follow up with the proper people at the airport. The beacon has not been repaired and there is no NOTAM. Ultimately it is the airport manager who is responsible for this but they are not doing their job or even any safety checks such as lighting. Given the duration of notification and length of time that has passed since without any repair and not even a NOTAM; the city of banning needs to be put on notice. Maybe with this type of report they will finally get the idea that aviation safety is important and fix things in a timely manner and if they can't due to things beyond their control; at least have a NOTAM issued.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot reported the BNG rotating beacon white light is inoperative without a pertinent NOTAM.

Narrative: The white portion of the Banning; CA airport beacon is out of service. I first placed a call to the City Manager's number as listed on a website 3-4 months ago. I never received a call back. I subsequently made a call to flight data through the 1-800 WX-BRIEF to have a NOTAM issued and at least have someone within the FAA to follow up with the proper people at the airport. The beacon has not been repaired and there is no NOTAM. Ultimately it is the Airport Manager who is responsible for this but they are not doing their job or even any safety checks such as lighting. Given the duration of notification and length of time that has passed since without any repair and not even a NOTAM; the City of Banning needs to be put on notice. Maybe with this type of report they will finally get the idea that aviation safety is important and fix things in a timely manner and if they can't due to things beyond their control; at least have a NOTAM issued.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.